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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿

@spiderswarz.bsky.social

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He/Him, Data Waterbender. Kurdish Muslim. 🍅Words @ The Nerds of Color, But Why Tho?, io9, The New Arab, Nerdist. Host of The Middle Geeks Podcast. https://www.swarasalih.com/

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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · Aug 5

For my birthday this month, I ask you all to donate whatever you can to The Sameer Project, an on the ground organization providing life saving aid to Palestinians in Gaza. If you're so inclined please send me a receipt with your pledge! chuffed.org/project/1368...

Medical Campaign x Sameer Project

Medical Care: The Sameer Project in Honor of Mosab Ali

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Sakher and Reem 🍉🇵🇸 @sakher-gaza.bsky.social · 13h

This is us — Sakher and Reem.
Two years of war took everything from us.
Our homes are gone. Our futures shattered.
We carry the weight of loss every single day. But together, we’re still trying to hold onto a tiny piece of hope.
More talk in the comments …
💔⬇️
GFM : gofund.me/459d365f

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Anas Basil🍉 @annas--help.bsky.social · 3d

Every day feels like the last. Explosions rip through homes, streets turn into graves, children carry trauma too heavy for their little hearts. My family is trapped in this nightmare. Please, extend your hand before we are buried in silence. donate please, save us 🙏🏻💔
tinyurl.com/anas-need-yo...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: David Adler—a Jewish American on the Gaza aid Flotilla—details Israeli detention.

At one point, he says, he was forced to his knees for a photo op with the Israeli flag, as Ben Gvir yelled in his face, calling him a terrorist.

Says US "hung up" on families of Americans, veterans seeking help.

EXCLUSIVE: Freed Flotilla Activist David Adler Details His ‘Violent Abduction’ by Israel

The Jewish American writer says Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir specifically targeted him, forcing a photo op with the Israeli flag and calling him a “terrorist.”

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 1d

bookshop.org has free shipping Oct 7-8 for their anti-prime sale! They have 10 of my paperbacks in stock so you can support indie authors and bookstores while collecting pretty books for your shelves at the same time ✨

A grid of 10 paperbacks by Arden Powell priced from 10.99 to 17.99 available on bookshop.org, including 6 Flos Magicae books.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 4d

There it is

Bluesky post:

Kristina Cooke
@kristinacooke.bsky.social
Follow I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and
all her possessions were gone

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💍Izzy💜⁷~back on the CR shit~🍉 @mowsyling.bsky.social · 1d

Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · 1d

Please sign and share this petition to BLOCK the Ellisons' attempt to buy Warner Bros. Discovery! And call your congresspeople to have them block the prospect of this atrocious merger! actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

Stop Media Consolidation. Stop the Paramount-Warner Bros Merger.

Add your name to demand that the FCC and DOJ protect our democratic information ecosystem. Journalism must serve the people — not just powerful business interests.

actionnetwork.org

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Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 2d

After genocide, we have only your humanity and love.🍉

Every pound you give is a roof over my family, and the hope in their hearts.🫂
I'm truly grateful to every share and every donation.

Be their light — donate now.🙏

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 1d

Palestinian children like Eslam's are being violently displaced, sickened, & starved to death with their families in Israel's genocide. Please help if you can to cover the costs of travel, shelter, healthcare, food, Bluesky is makes fundraising very difficult, donations are slow:

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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · 1d

Stop Media Consolidation. Stop the Paramount-Warner Bros Merger.

Add your name to demand that the FCC and DOJ protect our democratic information ecosystem. Journalism must serve the people — not just powerful business interests.

actionnetwork.org

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Albert Ching @albertching.bsky.social · 1d

Hiring on my team! Looking for someone passionate about comic books and graphic novels, marketing, and the book and library markets. Happy to answer any questions about the role!

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Representative, Marketing (DC) in Burbank, California, United States of America | Marketing & Communications at

Apply for Representative, Marketing (DC) job in Burbank, California, United States of America. Marketing & Communications at Warner Bros. Discovery

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Ahmed mosua @redatamousa.bsky.social · 8d

@mommunism.bsky.social Hello, I am a student living in Gaza and I stopped studying because of the genocide. My family and I are currently under artillery shelling. I could not bring the bus due to lack of money. Please help me🙏🍉
gofund.me/8d0c2566

Hope in the Time of War – Help Me Feed My Family, organized by Alaaeldeen itbail

Help Me Feed My Family and Return to School Hello, … Alaaeldeen itbail braucht deine Unterstützung für Hope in the Time of War – Help Me Feed My Family

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fairshare.help @fairshare.help · 1d

Please contribute if you're able or share the original if you're not.

Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know

Alex 🦂 🏳️‍🌈 $0/$400 @godwearsgucci.bsky.social · 2d

Still short $385 and desperately need the support!! Please consider helping if you can, today is the due date!

#mutualaid #helpsky #fundsky #HelpFolksLive2025 #MABoost #urgentneed #transcrowdfund #signalboost #HelpNeeded #kofi

Alex 🦂 🏳️‍🌈 $0/$400 @godwearsgucci.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 URGENT: I still need $420 for rent due by the 5th. My wife and I are queer & disabled with no support system, every month is a struggle. Please, if you can help or boost, it would mean everything.

💗 ko-fi.com/alex0671/goa...
💵 cash.app/$nagemenna

#mutualaid #helpsky #fundsky #MABoost 💕💸🏳️‍⚧️♿

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli attacks kill two in southern Lebanon - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-two-southern-lebanon

Israeli attacks kill two in southern Lebanon

<article data-history-node-id="429767" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-two-southern-lebanon" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-two-southern-lebanon" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attacks kill two in southern Lebanon</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An Israeli air strike on Deir Aames in the Tyre district in southern Lebanon has killed one person and wounded another, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.</p> <p>Another person was killed in a separate Israeli drone attack targeting a bulldozer in Yatar.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Rena Netjes @renanetjes.bsky.social · 1d

The Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyya are the two Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo under the control of the SDF.

Last time we drove along Ashrafiyya towards Afrin (NW) was yesterday morning.

Rena Netjes @renanetjes.bsky.social · 1d

Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyya are the two Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo under the control of the SDF.

Last time we drove along Ashrafiyya towards Afrin was yesterday morning..

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ANNAPURNA @annapurna.com · 2d

Moomin x Rebecca Sugar x Annapurna

🎬 🍿 new animated Moomin movie 👀 👀

variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · 1d

Alhamdullah****

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

So to me this seems to indicate this incident might be a brigading scenario.

The alt-right has been trying to get to me for years. They orchestrate attacks on me regularly.

It’s possible the timing was coincidental.

But it still calls into question why a human mod would make this particular error

I forgor my name lol @cheesecakechik.bsky.social · 1d

Like…?

A post by Aaron Rodericks: that second was a mod error and [Erin] has been released with an apology already. Mods make errors continually with hundred mods reviewing tickets in 30 seconds or less.

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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · 1d

Alhamfullah you're back 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly one of my favorite ritual items of the Jewish year 🌴🍋

Grounded in nature, in joy, in liberation, may #Sukkot bring happiness and joyous liberation to all dwelling in temporary homes.
With true justice to those who have no permanent homes to return to.

Chag Sameach, ah Git Yom Tov ❤️

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